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CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS JOIN DRIVE TO UNSEAT MISSISSIPPI DELEGATES
By LAWRENCE E. DAVIKS
Spcciil to The New York Time*.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 27- -[Democratic party, said he had
California Democrats joined'been traveling about the coun-
IfclW ii> '■■. w TBTO flhH Bpveraijtry for several weeks promotin;
otlici' stales lud,iy Iff seeking to'the adoption of similar resolu-
Hiock .tne regular1 'Dcmocralic;tions at Democratic state con-
Misslsslpiil ik'li'ttalluri IVom. ventions and in convention
being seated at the partv's'delogate caucases.
Nallohal ff"»"'»" ■' tuantlcj He noted that the New York
cjity lnAueust. Slate Democratic Committee
—nT executive committee ofjhad adopted one on June 15
this state's Democratic State'calling for the seating at the
Central Committee asked the convention of only those dele-
California delegation to vote forlntcf. from any states who were
the seating of delegates from j "pledged t" the principles and
the Freedom Democratic partyjobjectives of the national Demo-
of Mississippi. | Cratic party as expressed in the
The resolution, offered by,party platform."
Assemblyman Mervyn M. Dy-! Mr. Smith said that Wiscon-
mally of Los Angeles during alsin. Massachusetts and the Dis-
session at the Hilton Hotel, was1 trict of Columbia had taken
adopted without opposition. f similar action.
The resolution criticized thei The Californians in another
traditional uemocjatie pnrtv M resolution commended President
Mississippi as not siippnrtiat- Johnson, this state's Demo-
trur platform and policies of the,cratic Congressional delegation
national party and as often and. in particular, Senator Clair
anstiUiilj that it "is not a part Engle, California's ailing junior
ot tne national PWlhUTlUlc senator, for their contribution
Pariy1." — ; toward passage of the civil
—"A Freedom Dcmocralicrights bill. The committee also
party," the resolution continued,;pledged its support to Pierre
"is being established, which is1 Salinger, former White House
open to all citizens regardless.press secretary, in his campaign
of race and which will support to succeed Mr. F.ngle.
the national platform and can- The California delegation to
didatcs." Ithe convention, led by Gov.
Frank Smith, a Mississippian; Edmund G. Brown, caucused
who works out of the Washing-I during the afternoon. It is sup-
ton office of the Freedom I porting President Johnson.

This folder of newspaper clippings follows the MFDP from its plans to challenge the seating of five white Mississippi congressmen at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, through the Credentials Committee fight, to the effort to collect depositions showing that Mississippi African Americans had been systematically prevented from registering to vote through terror and economic intimidation, to the stalling of the MFDP's brief by U.S. Clerk of Court Ralph R. Roberts and the arrest and jailing of several Mississippians who came to Washington, D.C., to inquire about its progress, to a much-quoted statement by an MFDP worker that Mississippi blacks had no stake in the Vietnam War, and then to the defeat of the congressional challenge and the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In later events, a Republican challenger to Senator Eastland--Prentiss Walker--takes a position even further to the right than Eastland. The 1966 Mississippi state legislature considers paying other states to take Mississippi African Americans, alleging that they are "more users than producers" and it passes laws designed to make it more difficult for candidates to run for office and gerrymanders the overwhelmingly black Delta area in hopes of reducing the power of black voters. A number of articles address legal challenges to the new law, attempts by blacks to enter and win elections, and splits between the MFDP and the Young Democrats. A draft letter by Leslie McLemore resigning a teaching position is also here.

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CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS JOIN DRIVE TO UNSEAT MISSISSIPPI DELEGATES
By LAWRENCE E. DAVIKS
Spcciil to The New York Time*.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 27- -[Democratic party, said he had
California Democrats joined'been traveling about the coun-
IfclW ii> '■■. w TBTO flhH Bpveraijtry for several weeks promotin;
otlici' stales lud,iy Iff seeking to'the adoption of similar resolu-
Hiock .tne regular1 'Dcmocralic;tions at Democratic state con-
Misslsslpiil ik'li'ttalluri IVom. ventions and in convention
being seated at the partv's'delogate caucases.
Nallohal ff"»"'»" ■' tuantlcj He noted that the New York
cjity lnAueust. Slate Democratic Committee
—nT executive committee ofjhad adopted one on June 15
this state's Democratic State'calling for the seating at the
Central Committee asked the convention of only those dele-
California delegation to vote forlntcf. from any states who were
the seating of delegates from j "pledged t" the principles and
the Freedom Democratic partyjobjectives of the national Demo-
of Mississippi. | Cratic party as expressed in the
The resolution, offered by,party platform."
Assemblyman Mervyn M. Dy-! Mr. Smith said that Wiscon-
mally of Los Angeles during alsin. Massachusetts and the Dis-
session at the Hilton Hotel, was1 trict of Columbia had taken
adopted without opposition. f similar action.
The resolution criticized thei The Californians in another
traditional uemocjatie pnrtv M resolution commended President
Mississippi as not siippnrtiat- Johnson, this state's Demo-
trur platform and policies of the,cratic Congressional delegation
national party and as often and. in particular, Senator Clair
anstiUiilj that it "is not a part Engle, California's ailing junior
ot tne national PWlhUTlUlc senator, for their contribution
Pariy1." — ; toward passage of the civil
—"A Freedom Dcmocralicrights bill. The committee also
party" the resolution continued,;pledged its support to Pierre
"is being established, which is1 Salinger, former White House
open to all citizens regardless.press secretary, in his campaign
of race and which will support to succeed Mr. F.ngle.
the national platform and can- The California delegation to
didatcs." Ithe convention, led by Gov.
Frank Smith, a Mississippian; Edmund G. Brown, caucused
who works out of the Washing-I during the afternoon. It is sup-
ton office of the Freedom I porting President Johnson.

Copyright to these documents belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. The principal organizations have been defunct for many years and copyright to their unpublished records is uncertain. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. We have attempted to contact individuals who created personal papers of significant length or importance. Nearly all have generously permitted us to include their work. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited.